District constable Alexander Laing and four soldiers from the 40th regiment.

Motive

Dispersal opportunity

Type Of Motive

Opportunity

Weapons Used

Firearms

Notes

Narrative

When a mob of Oyster Bay people were seen in the Pittwater area, the district constable, Alexander Laing and four soldiers of the 40th regiment, ambushed the camp at dawn, killed 14 and captured ten, including their leader, Kickerterpoller. This incident was reported by magistrate James Gordon to the Colonial Secretary in Hobart later that day and in two Hobart newspapers a week later.

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